Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969

Sources from The National Archives, UK

Complete runs of all British Government Confidential Print volumes relating to the nations of South and Central America.

This collection begins in the aftermath of independence for the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies of Latin America, addressing the politics of state-building and the Latin American nationsâ€™ establishment of their place in the fast-expanding global economy.

Topics covered include revolutions, wars and territorial changes, relations with indigenous peoples, the fitful progress of democracy, the influence of foreign financial interests, industrial and infrastructural development (including the building of the Panama Canal), slavery, immigration from Europe and the rise of political ideologies such as fascism and communism, amongst many other topics.

The files in Confidential Print: Latin America offer invaluable, accessible material to researchers engaged in the study of the region.Professor Colin Lewis, London School of Economics

Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969 is part of Archives Direct, a cross-searchable multi-product platform, sourced from The National Archives, UK.

Key Data

Period Covered

1833-1969

Highlights

The nine-year siege of Montevideo (1843-52)

British emigration to Argentina and Brazil (1860s-90s)

British filibustering expeditions against Cuba (1884-5)

Protestant schools in the Mosquito Indian Reserve (1900)

The building of the Panama Canal (1900s)

Proposals for a confederation of Central American states (1907)

The dictatorships of GetÃºlio Vargas (1930-45) in Brazil and Juan PerÃ³n (1946-55) in Argentina

Source Archive

The National Archives, UK

Material Types

Ingoing and outgoing diplomatic dispatches

Statistical charts and tables

Accounts of tours

Profiles of leading political, military and economic figures

Correspondence

Maps

Minutes of meetings and conferences

Texts of treaties

Annual reports and calendars of events, by country

Editorial Board

Hortensia Calvo, Tulane University

Jeff Gould, Indiana University

Greg Grandin, New York University

Colin Lewis, London School of Economics

Subjects

The Chilean Revolution

Education

Finance and commerce

Governmental changes and political movements

Industrial and infrastructural development

International warfare

Patterns of settlement and colonisation

Relations with indigenous peoples

Slavery and the slave trade

Territorial disputes

Key Features

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Full-text searchable

Map Gallery

Pre-populated searches for key people, places and topics

Reviews

Libraries supporting upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty in history, political science, and economics; general readers

The broad range of items in the collection coupled with the clear, high resolution scans of the documents make Confidential Print a very user-friendly product that will appeal to scholars and students alike

The following excerpts are reproduced from Reference Reviews 27.6 item RR 2013/243. "The broad range of items in the collection coupled with the clear, high resolution ......

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